disinflation

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US/ˈdɪsɪnfleɪ̯ʃən/US/dɪsɪnˈfleɪ̯ʃən/British, Southern, Standard/ˈdɪsɪnflɛjʃən/British, Southern, Standard/dɪsɪnˈflɛjʃən/

noun

A decrease in the inflation rate.

Opposite
reflationinflationdeflation
OriginEnglish inflation ← Old French inflation ← Latin īnflātiō →
UncommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

noundisinflation (countable and uncountable, plural disinflations)

plural disinflations

  1. countableuncountableeconomicsA decrease in the inflation rate.

    Antonyms: reflation

  2. countableproscribeduncountableeconomicsDeflation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA decrease in the inflation rate.

Opposite
reflation

More synonyms by meaning

nouna reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments

Opposite
inflationdeflation
Broader
economic process

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  11. Proto-Italic*en
  12. Proto-Italic*en-
  13. Latinin-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
  16. Proto-Italic*flāō
  17. Latinflō
  18. Latinīnflō
  19. Latinīnflātiō
  20. Old Frenchinflation
  21. Englishinflation
  22. Englishdisinflation

From dis- + inflation.

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APA

disinflation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinflation

MLA

“disinflation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinflation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disinflation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinflation.

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